Denver Nuggets Announce Jamal Murray Injury Update Vs. Timberwolves

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The Denver Nuggets face the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night in a rematch of last year’s Western Conference Semifinals series. Minnesota beat Denver in seven games and beat the 2023 NBA champions in a very hard-fought series.

Minnesota looks a lot different after trading away Karl-Anthony Towns, and Denver also looks different after losing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in free agency and picking up Russell Westbrook and Dario Saric.

Even without Caldwell-Pope, the Nuggets have a lot of cohesion with their starting lineup of Jamal Murray, Christian Braun, Michael Porter Jr., Aaron Gordon and Nikola Jokic. That group took a hit in the second half Friday when Murray was ruled out due to concussion protocol.

Via Nuggets: “Injury update: Jamal Murray will be out for the remainder of the game due to concussion protocol.”

Murray has appeared in all five games for the Nuggets this season and entered Friday’s game averaging 18.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists. The shooting numbers are down for Murray as he entered Friday’s game shooting just 37.9 percent from the field and 35.0 percent from three.

At the time he left Minnesota, Murray had tallied six points, three assists and two rebounds in 22 minutes of action. Hopefully this won’t end up being an extended absence for Murray and the Nuggets.

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